About

I am currently looking for applied research positions in industry. Please see my résumé and reach out if you think I may be a good fit!

Hello! I am an applied cryptographer working on the design and analysis of cryptographic protocols, especially in the context of blockchains. My work aims to bridge theory and practice with the goal of helping to empower users, increase privacy, and reduce or eliminate trusted third parties.

I completed my PhD in Computer Science in December 2024, advised by Jonathan Katz at the University of Maryland (UMD) and Giulio Malavolta at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) via the Maryland-Max Planck Program. My dissertation was entitled “Practical Cryptography for Blockchains: Secure Protocols with Minimal Trust”. In summer 2023, I was a research intern at a16z crypto, and in summer 2022, I was at NTT Research. I was also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

How to pronounce my name: No-Amy Glay-zer¹

News

• 2025-09-15: I am on the program committee for Financial Cryptography 2026 – please consider submitting your relevant work! The deadline has been extended to September 20, 2025.
• 2025-01-28: In writing my dissertation, I significantly reworked the formalism of naysayer proofs and clarified details in our main theorem and example constructions. The eprint version has now been updated with these improvements! Go check it out :)
• 2024-10-28: I succesfully defended my dissertation, entitled “Practical Cryptography for Blockchains: Secure Protocols with Minimal Trust”!